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Egg-hatching program has seniors buzzing
By JAMES TUBB on April 19th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Seniors’ homes around the city are on egg duty for another couple weeks. Good Sams, Masterpiece, South Country Village and Chinook Village seniors’ residences are all taking part in Dunmore Equestrian’s first four-week egg hatching program. Joyce Stuber, director for Dunmore Equestrian, said it’s awesome how much the seniors have become attached to the ... Read More »
1 responseCity urges litter pickup for week-long Earth Day cleanup
By Medicine Hat News on April 19th, 2022
The City of Medicine Hat is calling on residents to grab a garbage bag and pick up some litter for Earth Day on Friday. The parks and recreation department has highlighted specific areas of the city for cleanup and is asking anyone joining the initiative to fill out an online form showing which zone they’ll ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TCH Bridge deck replacement could be tendered this fall
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 19th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Replacing the Trans-Canada Bridge deck in Medicine Hat may go to tender this fall, about two-and-a-half years after the work was announced as a COVID stimulus measure, Alberta Transportation told the News. The span containing eastbound lanes had been tentatively scheduled for resurfacing since the westbound bridge was completely replaced about eight years ago. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prairie Gleaners send nearly 2M cups of soup to help Ukraine
By Medicine Hat News on April 16th, 2022
The Prairie Gleaners have been busy making a difference in Ukraine. The local charitable organization has donated 37 pallets consisting of 19,704 bags of its dehydrated vegetable soup mix to NGO partners since December, all of which will end up in Ukraine, according to a Thursday press release. Ten pallets, consisting of 5,240 bags total, ... Read More »
1 responseMake the Towne Square great, officials urge
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant In a show of solidarity, city elected officials and administrators are jointly asking the community to help make the Towne Square a success. Mayor Linnsie Clark – who made the project an election and recent budget issue – the head of Invest Medicine Hat and administrators now in charge of the lot across from ... Read More »
1 responseFederal budget gets an F from MP Motz
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 16th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant The new federal budget is getting a failing grade from Medicine Hat-Cardston Warner MP Glen Motz. The federal budget was introduced April 7, comprising a Liberal plan to address home prices and inflation, plus manage the recovering economy and boost military support in the face of new global conflicts. Back in the Hat this ... Read More »
1 responseSEAWA boasts results of four-year riparian restoration project
By Medicine Hat News on April 14th, 2022
Four years after embarking on a 10-site riparian restoration project, members of the South East Alberta Watershed Alliance are proud to announce more than 11.5 kilometres of land were restored and native shrubs and trees were reintroduced to more than 2 kilometres. Four of the 10 sites have also been re-categorized as ‘conservation sites’ rather ... Read More »
1 responseCity gets $630K to offset transit woes
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on April 14th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat will receive $630,000 from the province and Ottawa to help make up for a steep decline in transit ridership and revenue during the pandemic. The money, part of nearly $160 million being spent in Alberta, includes $10 million designated to mid- to small-sized communities. “We’re really, really grateful for the funding,” said ... Read More »
2 responsesCity could add ‘remote work’ to land-use bylaw
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 14th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant One of the buzzwords of 2020 could soon have a legal definition in City of Medicine Hat land-use legislation, Wednesday’s meeting of the municipal planning commission heard. Administrators plan to introduce a “remote work” category to the land-use bylaw, mainly in order to define it as something different than a typical home-based business and ... Read More »
1 responseA third major wind project proposed for Cypress County
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 14th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Another major wind farm proposal would see turbines erected from the edge of Dunmore to the sites of two more going up between the Cypress County hamlet and the Cypress Hills. The Buffalo Trail wind farm proposal would see at total of 65 turbine towers erected in two phases, each capable of producing about ... Read More »
1 responseDental office donates to YMCA to support men’s health
By Medicine Hat News on April 14th, 2022
Sun City Dental has stepped up with a $75,000 donation to the YMCA of Medicine Hat for renovations in the Downtown YMCA’s Men’s Health Plus Club change room. The donation will allow for improvements including new hot tub mechanical, plumbing and electrical upgrades, new flooring, updated fixtures and countertops, according to a YMCA media release. ... Read More »
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